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Meet Him and Die

1976 film

Peter Berling
Antonio Cucca
Claudio Fragasso
Alberto Marras^[1]

Story by

Peter Berling
Antonio Cucca
Claudio Fragasso
Alberto Marras^[1]

Produced by

Alberto Marras
Vincenzo Salvini^[1]

Starring

Ray Lovelock
Martin Balsam
Elke Sommer

CinematographyRoberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli^[1]Edited byAmedeo Giomini^[1]Music byUbaldo Continiello^[1]

Production
companies

T.L.D. Cinematografica
Hermes Synchron^[1]

Distributed byOver Seas Film Company

Release dates

9 October 1976 (1976-10-09) (Italy)
28 July 1977 (1977-07-28) (West Germany)

Running time

95 minutes^[1]Countries

Italy
West Germany^[1]

Box office₤344.183 million

Meet Him and Die (Italian: Pronto ad uccidere) is a 1976 film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and Elke Sommer.

Cast

Ray Lovelock - Massimo Torlani
Martin Balsam - Giulianelli
Elke Sommer - Secretary
Heinz Domez - Piero
Ettore Manni - Perrone
Peter Berling - Bavoso
Riccardo Cucciolla - Commissioner Sacchi
Ernesto Colli - Settecapelli

Style

Italian film historian Roberto Curti described Meet Him and Die as a turning point for poliziotteschi's approach to justice in film as the genre "no longer considers justice"^[1]

Release

Meet Him and Die was distributed theatrically in Italy by Over Seas Film Company on 9 October 1976.^[1] It grossed a total of 344,182,575 Italian lira domestically. ^[1] In West Germany, the film was titled Tote pflastern seinen Weg and was released on 28 July 1977.^[1]

On its release on home video in the United Kingdom, the film received the alternative title Risking, Pronto!.^[1]